The risk of sudden cardiac death among college athletes in the United States has steadily declined over the past two decades, data presented earlier this week at the American Heart Association (AHA) ...

A retrospective observational study found that 22% of cases of sudden cardiac death were due to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). Syncope, seizure-like episodes and changes in ...

Large Danish study linked national health records with detailed reviews of sudden deaths People with type 1 diabetes had nearly four times the rate of sudden cardiac death People with type 2 diabetes ...

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Readers can search the database and make a suggestion if a name is missing. The growing database shows sudden death in sports is a continuing problem. Sudden death in sport is not a rare occurrence.

Mortality statistics list cardiovascular disease as the most frequent cause of death worldwide, and as often as not, cardiac death occurs suddenly. 1 On any given day, up to 1000 persons in the United ...

Recommendations on how to use gene testing to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes and enable safe exercise have just been published. Recommendations on how to use gene testing to prevent sudden ...

Fatty liver disease by itself is unlikely to cause sudden death. However, it can cause complications that can potentially lead to death. The liver is the body’s primary detoxifying organ. It carries ...